The Ministry of Health and Social Services seeks to modernise its outdated health laws through two proposed Bills, including Human Tissue Bill and Blood Service Bill aimed at improving the regulation of blood services and human donations.
The chairperson of Swapo Party leaders assigned to the ||Kharas Region has called on elected regional and local councillors to improve service delivery and strengthen the party structures ahead of 2030 elections.
The ||Kharas Region residents want assurance whether the micro-credentials will be recognised, affordable and accessible to everyone.
They have raised these concerns during a consultation by the Namibia Qualification Authority (NQA) on the Draft National Policy on Microcredentials at Keetmanshoop.
Members of different Traditional Authorities in the ||Kharas region have expressed mixed views on the proposed expansion of the Namport Harbour in Lüderitz.
These views were raised during a recent consultation meeting in Keetmanshoop organised by the Office of ||Kharas Governor Dawid Gertze.
The Health and Social Services Minister Esperance Luvindao has officially inaugurated a newly renovated emergency unit worth N$6.7 million in the ||Kharas Region.
The unit also comprises the region's first-ever computed tomography scanner, worth N$7 million.
Residents of Noordoewer Settlement in the ||Kharas Region are fed up with the unreliable water supply that has been going on for two years now, despite its location along the Orange River.
No new cases of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) have been reported in the Karasburg Veterinary District of the ||Kharas Region.
Agriculture Ministry spokesperson Romeo Muyunda says 93 farms in the area have been inspected, and the outbreak remains confined to 18 farms confirmed as infected.
The Directorate of Veterinary Services has commenced with compulsory Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccination in the ||Kharas Region's Karasburg state veterinary district.
The Karasburg veterinary district is the epicenter since its outbreak on a farm.
The government intends to build an animal disease control fence in the ||Kharas Region that will stretch from Klein Manasse, Aroab Village, south of Keetmanshoop to Naute Dam and then continue to the Fish River Canyon.
This was revealed in a veterinary public notice government issued.
The ||Kharas Police Commander, Marius Katamila, has rejected rumours of ritual killings at Noordoewer.
